[systemd-devel] Converting xinetd files

[Paul Menzel]

Dear Wol,


Am 11.02.22 um 01:57 schrieb Wol:
> I've found the pid0 blog, and had no real trouble (I think, I haven't
> tested it yet :-) converting an xinetd setup.

Please always provide the URL, if you refer to some resource.

> But the documentation (man systemd.service) didn't tell me how to 
> convert a couple of settings, namely xinetd had "user=" and "group=".
> Okay, user= was root, so group= probably doesn't matter either, but
> how do you get a service to change user and drop privileges?

systemd has several manual pages. I always look at 
systemd.directives(7), and go to the right one from there. In this case, 
`User=` and `Group=` are documented in systemd.exec(5).
> It would be nice to know for the future, even the near future to try
> and modify qm/scarletdme so it doesn't need root and lower any
> possible attack surface.

Sorry, no idea, what you mean.


Kind regards,

Paul